diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index f471c40a9d..4fc0fa409a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -1553,8 +1553,8 @@
     <string name="RegistrationActivity_play_services_error">Play Services Error</string>
     <string name="RegistrationActivity_google_play_services_is_updating_or_unavailable">Google Play Services is updating or temporarily unavailable. Please try again.</string>
     <string name="RegistrationActivity_terms_and_privacy">Terms &amp; Privacy Policy</string>
-    <string name="RegistrationActivity_signal_needs_access_to_your_contacts_and_media_in_order_to_connect_with_friends">Signal needs access to your contacts and media in order to connect with friends, exchange messages, and make secure calls</string>
-    <string name="RegistrationActivity_signal_needs_access_to_your_contacts_in_order_to_connect_with_friends">Signal needs access to your contacts in order to connect with friends, exchange messages, and make secure calls</string>
+    <string name="RegistrationActivity_signal_needs_access_to_your_contacts_and_media_in_order_to_connect_with_friends">Signal needs the contacts and media permissions to help you connect with friends and send messages. Your contacts are uploaded using Signal\'s private contact discovery, which means they are end-to-end encrypted and never visible to the Signal service.</string>
+    <string name="RegistrationActivity_signal_needs_access_to_your_contacts_in_order_to_connect_with_friends">Signal needs the contacts permission to help you connect with friends. Your contacts are uploaded using Signal\'s private contact discovery, which means they are end-to-end encrypted and never visible to the Signal service.</string>
     <string name="RegistrationActivity_rate_limited_to_service">You\'ve made too many attempts to register this number. Please try again later.</string>
     <string name="RegistrationActivity_unable_to_connect_to_service">Unable to connect to service. Please check network connection and try again.</string>
     <string name="RegistrationActivity_non_standard_number_format">Non-standard number format</string>